Iron(Ⅲ) Trifluoroacetate:Chemoselective and Recyclable Lewis Acid Catalyst for Diacetylation of Aldehydes,Thioacetalization and Transthioacetalization of Carbonyl Compounds and Aerobic Coupling of Thiols

• 来源期刊: 中国化学（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2008,（11）
• 页码范围: 2086-2092
• 页数: 7页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Iron(Ⅲ)trifluoroacetate [Fe(CF3CO2)3] was found to be a recyclable,highly efficient and chemoselective Lewis acid catalyst for protection of a variety of carbonyl compounds as thioacetals under nearly neutral conditions.With the use of this catalyst,1,3-dithiolanes and 1,3-dithianes were obtained in high yields from various aldehydes.Un-der the same conditions ketones were similarly but more slowly thioketalized.This difference in reactivity between aldehydes and ketones was successfully utilized for the selective thioacetalization of aldehydes in the presence of ketones and also for the chemoselective conversion of β-diketone into the corresponding dithioacetal.Transthio-acetalization of O,O-acetals and O,O-ketals into cyclic thioacetals was also achieved by using this catalyst.Addi-tionally,iron(Ⅲ)trifluoroacetate has been found to be efficient catalyst for the addition of acetic anhydride to both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes to afford 1,1-diacetates(gem diacetates).Aerobic dimerization of thiols was achieved by this reagent mediated by sodium iodide and air atmosphere.